Synonyms of the word bulbous


BULBOUSBELLIED - BELLYING - BULBLIKE - BULGING - BULGY - CIRCULAR - PROTRUSIVE - PROTUBERANT - ROUND

bulbous

  • adj. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
  • adj. (of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
  • adj. (botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.

bellied

  • adj. Having a large or prominent belly.
  • adj. (in combination) Having a belly of a specified type.
  • adj. Swollen, bulging, or billowing; bellying.
  • adj. (figuratively) Overblown, exaggerated.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of belly.

bellying

  • v. present participle of belly.
  • adj. Bulging or billowing.
  • n. A bulging, swelling or billowing shape; the act or state of bulging, swelling or billowing.

bulblike

  • adj. Resembling a bulb.

bulging

  • v. present participle of bulge.
  • n. The act of something that bulges.

bulgy

  • adj. Having one or more bulges; bulging.

circular

  • adj. Of or relating to a circle.
  • adj. In the shape of, or moving in a circle.
  • adj. Circuitous or roundabout.
  • adj. Referring back to itself, so as to prevent computation or comprehension; infinitely recursive.
  • adj. Distributed to a large number of persons.
  • adj. (obsolete) Perfect; complete.
  • adj. (archaic) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior.
  • n. A printed advertisement, directive, or notice intended for mass distribution; a flyer.
  • n. In administration, a circular letter.
  • n. (dated) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
  • n. A shuttle bus that runs in a loop.

protrusive

  • adj. that protrudes; protruding.
  • adj. rather conspicuous; obtrusive.

protuberant

  • adj. Swelling or bulging outward.

round

  • adj. (physical) Shape.
  • adj. Complete, whole, not lacking.
  • adj. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
  • adj. (linguistics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.
  • adj. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
  • adj. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
  • adj. Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
  • adj. Large in magnitude.
  • n. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
  • n. A circular or repetitious route.
  • n. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
  • n. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
  • n. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
  • n. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
  • n. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
  • n. (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
  • n. A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical…
  • n. (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing…
  • n. (sports) A stage in a competition.
  • n. (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
  • n. (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for…
  • n. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary,…
  • n. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
  • n. (dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
  • n. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
  • n. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance;…
  • n. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated…
  • n. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
  • n. A circular dance.
  • n. Rotation, as in office; succession.
  • n. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
  • n. An assembly; a group; a circle.
  • n. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
  • n. (archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
  • n. (nautical) A round-top.
  • n. A round of beef.
  • prep. (rare in US) Alternative form of around.
  • adv. Alternative form of around.
  • v. (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
  • v. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
  • v. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
  • v. (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
  • v. (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
  • v. (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
  • v. (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
  • v. To encircle; to encompass.
  • v. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak…
  • v. (transitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter…
  • n. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering.
  • n. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Discourse; song.

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